August 2009 - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

[xwiki-users] publication dates in articles
by Dilipkumar Jadhav 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Dear friends, I request help on a few changes that we are making to our internal XWiki installation. We run XWiki 1.7 over a tomcat 6.0.18 & mysql 5 installation. I see that the blog application has publication date feature which I believe runs as a scheduled job. Is there a possibility to add publication date to a page created in any other space. On the face of it, pages created in both blog space or any other space appear to be the same. So there should be some possibility that we can add scheduled publication dates to pages without making major changes to the present XWiki installation. Also, can we extend the category & sub category feature to any page outside the Blog space. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Also, if I may suggest a name for the new skin, I would suggest 'sparrow'. It kind of rhymes with 'arrow' & the bird is small, light & even the colors seem to match. Thank you all...

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[xwiki-users] [ANN] XWiki Enterprise 2.0 Milestone 3 released
by Thomas Mortagne 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise 2.0 Milestone 3. Go grab it at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download This is the third and last milestone for the 2.0 version. The main goal of 2.0 is to make XWiki fully XWiki 2.0 syntax. Main changes from 2.0 Milestone 2: * Lots of improvements and new features in the new WYSIWYG editor * Lots of improvements and bugfixes in the rendering engine and the syntax converter * Upgrade to SmartGWT 1.2 * New experimental network event distribution module * Several blog application improvements * Several tags application bug fixes * Translations updated for de, fr, lv, nl, ru For more information see the Release notes at: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise20M3 Thanks -The XWiki dev team

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Re: [xwiki-users] Two greater problems with XWiki
by Regan Gill 14 Aug '09

14 Aug '09

Hi Florian, I discovered this horrible problem as well when I upgraded to "XWiki Enterprise 1.9.21179", the page I was editing was unrecoverable and luckily I still had my old version of the xwiki running on a different server so I copied it back from there. I turned off the section editing to prevent my users from losing their pages. You can do this in the xwiki.cfg file, by setting xwiki.section.edit=0: #-# This parameter will activate the sectional editing xwiki.section.edit=1 Good luck, Regan > > 1.) I have troubles with my wysiwyg Editor: > I have a bigger artivle with severyl headlines. Therefor I can click on > the > pen symbol tot he right of teh articel to open only a part oft he > article. > If I do this and store the article the parts above of the articles are > away! > Then I have to restore the old version than the old text is again shown > but > not the new one. What can be the reason for that? If I use the editor > without wysiwyg the same result!

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[xwiki-users] Contributing to dutch translation
by Henk Schouten 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Hello, I have a few questions about how to contribute to the dutch application_resource file. Yesterday I have added some translations to the dutch translation of the XE resources at the I10n.wiki.org site. Is there any documentation about this site? I am unsure about what some functions do and the effects they may have on others. For instance the link 'Import/reimport default language file', Admin actions like 'Import' and 'Prepare'. Also I noticed that when I get the dutch translation as a application resource file, it only has the resources filled in if a dutch translation exists. This seems logical, but as long as not all strings have a dutch translation, my xwiki contains lots of empty strings. Is there a way to build a resource file with dutch translations where available, and the default english strings when not? Another thing that is not clear to me is the functionality around reviewing and validation. If I find a translation that is incorrect of I thing there is a better one, can I just change it, or should I somehow make a review request to somebody authorized to accept or reject the change? Is there any way to know who is contributing to the same translation in order to achieve some common ideas about how to translate xwiki terms? Thanks, Henk -- == Henk F. Schouten, ICT-architect, Dienst ICT room: SL 2.32, phone (31) 70 4457611, email: H.F.Schouten(a)hhs.nl De Haagse Hogeschool, Johanna Westerdijkplein 75, 2521 EN the Hague (NL)

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[xwiki-users] Taxonomy
by Stephen Eaton 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

G'day one and all, I'm looking at using xwiki for our intranet and was wondering how existing taxonomies can be implemented/imported into xwiki Regards, Stephen....

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[xwiki-users] Problem with Import Office Content - XML tags are visible
by Matthias.Gsottberger＠o2.com 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

Hi! We have a problem with the new "Import Office Content" functionality in XWiki Enterprise 1.9.2.22089. The problem exists with Internet Explorer 6.0.2800.1106; with Firefox 3.0.7 everything is working fine .... After copy&paste of some word content into the import office panel some xml tags are visible in the imported text: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> To reproduce: 1. In Edit mode, selected Import Office Content. 2. In Office Importer, select Clipboard, copy&paste some word text and select Import. (filter styles / don't filter styles doesn't matter) 3. Preview / Save and view What is the problem that only Internet Explorer is affected ? Thanks in advance Matthias Gsottberger

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[xwiki-users] Problem with Import Office Content - XML tags are visible
by Matthias.Gsottberger＠o2.com 13 Aug '09

13 Aug '09

... done http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-4161 thanks Matthias >Coukd you provide a sample file in a JIRA bug report so that we can >check it out ? >Ludovic > >>Matthias.Gsottberger at o2.com a écrit : >> Hi! >> >> We have a problem with the new "Import Office Content" functionality in >> XWiki Enterprise 1.9.2.22089. >> 3.0.7 everything is working fine .... >> >> After copy&paste of some word content into the import office panel some >> xml tags are visible in the imported text: >> >> <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" >> /> >> >> >> To reproduce: >> 1. In Edit mode, selected Import Office Content. >> 2. In Office Importer, select Clipboard, copy&paste some word text and >> select Import. (filter styles / don't filter styles doesn't matter) >> 3. Preview / Save and view >> >> >> What is the problem that only Internet Explorer is affected ? >> >> >> Thanks in advance >> >> Matthias Gsottberger >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list >> users at xwiki.org >> http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >>

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[xwiki-users] totally groovy! (using groovy SSH script to securely launch unix processes out of Xwiki)
by Niels Mayer 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

This might be useful for those wanting to do server administration functions (start/stop tomcat, reboot, stats, etc) out of an Xwiki doc (make sure your doc is password protected or more, if it allows people to reboot your server!; Anything needing root or tomcat user would use /etc/sudoers to grant specfic permissions to specific programs needed by user tomcat-ssh-slave): Input: > ==== Use Groovy Script run server processes and display result ==== > See [[SshHelperClass?viewer=code]], [[ > http://blog.asyd.net/2008/12/xwiki-cest-decidemment-magique/]] > ==== Call parseGroovyFromPage("Groovy.SshHelperClass") ==== {{velocity}} #set( $sshHelper = $xwiki.parseGroovyFromPage("Groovy.SshHelperClass") ) $sshHelper.openSession("127.0.0.1", "22", "tomcat-ssh-slave", > "/usr/share/tomcat6/.ssh/id_dsa", "") {{/velocity}} > ==== Output from 'uname -a'==== ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.runCommand("uname -a"){{/velocity}}## > ==== Output from 'free' ==== ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.runCommand("free"){{/velocity}}## > ==== Output from 'ps -l U tomcat-ssh-slave U tomcat U apache' ==== ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.runCommand("ps -l h U tomcat-ssh-slave U tomcat U > apache"){{/velocity}}## > ==== Output from 'df -H' ==== ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.runCommand("df -H"){{/velocity}}## > ==== Output from 'top -b -n 1' ==== ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.runCommand("top -b -n 1"){{/velocity}}## > ==== Close the connection and exit tomcat-ssh-slave shell ==== warning: if something breaks above, hopefully this will get called otherwise > we get a left-over sub-process tomcat-ssh-slave ##{{velocity}}$sshHelper.close(){{/velocity}}## Output: > Use Groovy Script run server processes and display result > > See SshHelperClass , >> http://blog.asyd.net/2008/12/xwiki-cest-decidemment-magique/ > > *Call parseGroovyFromPage("Groovy.SshHelperClass")* > > *Output from 'uname -a'* > > Linux ce 2.6.27.29-170.2.78.fc10.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Jul 31 04:16:20 EDT >> 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > *Output from 'free'* > > total used free shared buffers cached > > Mem: 1928992 1778932 150060 0 47272 532128 > > -/+ buffers/cache: 1199532 729460 > > Swap: 3866616 78776 3787840 > > *Output from 'ps -l U tomcat-ssh-slave U tomcat U apache'* > > 5 S 92 18792 18788 0 80 0 - 22060 select ? 0:00 sshd: >> tomcat-ssh-slave@notty > > 0 R 92 18879 18792 1 80 0 - 22453 - ? 0:00 ps -l h U tomcatssh-slave U >> tomcat U apache > > 0 S 91 31695 1 0 80 0 - 463955 futex_ ? 7:47 /usr/java/default/bin/java >> -server -Xms160m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=160m -XX:MaxPermSize=320m ... > > *Output from 'df -H'* > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 242G 26G 204G 12% / > > /dev/sda1 200M 15M 175M 8% /boot > > tmpfs 988M 353k 988M 1% /dev/shm > > *Output from 'top -b -n 1'* > > top - 11:17:20 up 2 days, 16:21, 3 users, load average: 0.78, 0.68, 0.56 > > Tasks: 150 total, 2 running, 148 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie > > Cpu(s): 7.7%us, 1.7%sy, 0.0%ni, 90.2%id, 0.3%wa, 0.1%hi, 0.1%si, 0.0%st > > Mem: 1928992k total, 1794420k used, 134572k free, 47304k buffers > > Swap: 3866616k total, 78776k used, 3787840k free, 532356k cached > > ... > > Special Installation Instructions To make this run (Fedora Linux): 1. sudo yum install trilead-ssh2 trilead-ssh2-javadoc 2. sudo ln -s /usr/share/java/trilead-ssh2-213.jar /usr/share/java/tomcat6/trilead-ssh2.jar 3. Make sure "tomcat" user exists in /etc/passwd, and create an additional uid=92 gid=92 account "tomcat-ssh-slave": • tomcat:x:91:91:Apache Tomcat:/usr/share/tomcat6:/bin/sh ° "tomcat" user created as "disabled" by installing tomcat6-6.0.18-6.2.fc10 • tomcat-ssh-slave:x:92:92:User for SSH Subprocesses From Tomcat:/home/tomcat-ssh-slave:/bin/bash ° create this using fedora admin utility 'system-config-users' or by hand-editing /etc/passwd... 4. sudo passwd -u tomcat • unlock tomcat account temporarily 5. sudo passwd tomcat • set password for tomcat account 6. Login to "tomcat" account using SSH from current account terminal. 7. ssh-keygen -t dsa • Leave "empty for no passphrase" for decrypting the DSA-key produced by ssh-keygen, although it can be specified as last parameter for sshHelper.openSession("localhost", "22", "tomcat-ssh-slave", "/usr/share/tomcat6/.ssh/id_dsa", ""). 8. From the "tomcat" account, run "ssh tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1" • answer Yes: "Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes" • enter password for tomcat-ssh-slave set above via system-config-users. • exit the connection. • The purpose of this step is to test the account, and init /usr/share/tomcat6/.ssh/known_hosts 9. sudo cp /usr/share/tomcat6/.ssh/id_dsa.pub tomcat-ssh-slave/.ssh/authorized_keys 10. From the "tomcat" account, do "ssh tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1" again • verify that login happens w/o password prompt, which is what happens when authorized_keys is set to the public key of the account accessing SSH. • exit from tomcat-ssh-slave account. It's now ready to run out of tomcat. 11. passwd -l tomcat • lock the tomcat account from further logins, now that it's been setup and the dsa public/private keys have been generated. 1. *TODO:* remove password from user tomcat-ssh-slave ('!!' in passwd field of /etc/shadow) password not needed for login 2. *TODO:* alternately, is there a local customization to ensure certs only used for login to the account? I know this can be done globally in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: "PasswordAuthentication no" and "PermitEmptyPasswords no" 3. *TODO:* for user tomcat-ssh-slave, integrate "limited command processing" by replacing /bin/sh as login shell with /usr/local/bin/tomcat-ssh-shell (or equiv): #!/bin/sh -noprofile ############################################################################### # # File: sshslave-shell # RCS: $Header: $ # Description: Shell to allow execution of remote commands from a tomcat server. # For security purposes, this "login" is limited in commands it can # perform, and runs as a separate user from the tomcat server, separating # the ability to directly modify tomcat state from the functionality provided # by user tomcat-ssh-slave. This shell is run as the "login shell" (via # /etc/passwd) for account tomcat-ssh-slave, which is accessed via SSH. # The account is preferably a nonprivileged user account with pid>500, Home # directory /home/tomcat-ssh-slave must exist, with correct permisssions. # /home/tomcat-ssh-slave contains scripts referred to via fully qualified # filenames in this script. The directory would also store the accounts' # .ssh settings, keys, etc. Secure, password-less access to the tomcat-ssh-slave # account can be achieved by having tomcat's SSH public identity /usr/share/tomcat6/.ssh/id_dsa.pub # installed as /home/tomcat-ssh-slave/.ssh/authorized_keys (and keeping id_dsa secret) # This would prevent use of tomcat-ssh-slave "account" from being used by anything # other than preauthorized accounts. # # Here's some example commands: # # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 cleanlog # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 getlog # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 setdbglvl 'INFO' # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 getdbglvl # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 tomcat-restart # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 apache-restart # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 tomcat-start # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 apache-start # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 top # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 ps # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 df # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 free # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 reboot # Author: Niels P. Mayer # Created: Monday 8/10/2009 # Modified: # Language: Shell-script # Package: N/A # Status: Production # # (C) Copyright 2009, Niels Mayer, all rights reserved. # ############################################################################### # make sure nothing funny goes on PATH="/bin:/usr/bin" # make sure they rsh or ssh in with a single command if [ -z "$1" ] || [ "$1" != "-c" ] then echo You must use ssh -c to access this account exit 1 else shift SSHSLAVE_COMMAND="$@" fi # only let them run specific commands, eg. # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 cleanlog # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 getlog # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 setdbglvl 'INFO' # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 getdbglvl # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 tomcat-restart # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 apache-restart # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 tomcat-start # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 apache-start # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 top # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 ps # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 df # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 free # ssh -x tomcat-ssh-slave(a)127.0.0.1 reboot case ${SSHSLAVE_COMMAND} in cleanlog \ getlog \ getdbglvl \ tomcat-restart \ apache-restart \ tomcat-start \ apache-start \ top \ ps \ df \ free \ reboot \ ) #single argument commands -- exact match to SSHSLAVE_COMMAND exec "/home/tomcat-ssh-slave/${SSHSLAVE_COMMAND}" ;; setdbglvl* \ #e.g., setdbglvl 'INFO' ... multiple argument command. Beware command injection. ) exec `echo "/home/tomcat-ssh-slave/${SSHSLAVE_COMMAND}" | cut -f1 -d" "` `echo "${SSHSLAVE_COMMAND}" | cut -f2- -d" "` ;; * ) exec echo You are not authorized to do that. ;; esac Niels http://nielsmayer.com

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[xwiki-users] [ANN] XWiki Enterprise Manager 1.7.3 Released
by Jean-Vincent Drean 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise Manager 1.7.3. Go grab it at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download XWiki Enterprise Manager 1.7.3 uses XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3. For more information see the release notes at: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise193 Thanks, The XWiki dev team

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[xwiki-users] [ANN] XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3 Released
by Jean-Vincent Drean 12 Aug '09

12 Aug '09

The XWiki development team is pleased to announce the release of XWiki Enterprise 1.9.3. Go grab it at http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/Download This is a bug fix and enhancement release mainly around security and the tag and mailsender applications. Changes since XWiki Enterprise 1.9.2. Improvements: * XWIKI-4065 New Footnote macro Important Bugs fixed: * XWIKI-4109: Guest users are sometimes logged in with another user account * XWIKI-3827: GWT wysiwyg editor has dark background with Albatross skin * XPMAIL-17: Wrong characters in non-ascii emails * XATAG-21: List documents with tag, rename/delete tag fails with specific versions of MySQL5 * XATAG-22: Rename and delete actions fail with tag containing non-ascii chars * XABLOG-27: Article date not displayed properly in IE6 For more information see the Release notes at: http://www.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/ReleaseNotesXWikiEnterprise193 Thanks, The XWiki dev team

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